Viral video seeks clues to dying teen's rare disease

A Manchester man is pleading for help to save his nephew, who is experiencing complications from the same blood disorder that "Good Morning America" host Robin Roberts fought.

Todd Menswar recorded a video in his home and posted it on YouTube, and days later, the video has gone viral.

"The video wasn’t done for donations or anything. The video was done because Theo is running out of time," said Menswar.

Menswar's nephew, 15-year-old Theo, is in a Florida hospital.

"We passed difficult about 100 days ago. We're in the hospital now for over 220 days," said the teen's father, Brant Menswar.

The teen is battling a rare blood disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome. Family members said he had a bone marrow transplant in August, but is experiencing a complication called graft-versus-host disease, wherein the donor cells are attacking his body while he also fights an aggressive fungal infection.

"We're looking for different ways to treat the graft-versus-host disease that doesn’t compromise his immune system, so his body can continue fighting the fungus," said Brant Menswar. "He's a miracle child right now. No one has expected him to survive the things that he already has."

Todd Menswar said it's the reason why he and his wife, Karrie, posted the video on YouTube.

"(We) never expected it to catch on this quick, and to have so many people out there who are willing to fight," said Todd Menswar.

The family is asking for medical treatment ideas and prayers.

"We're just hoping that we can get everybody united in prayer to just ask for healing," said Brant Menswar. "What we do is tell him that we're fighting, and if he's tired, it's OK. We're going to continue to fight, we're going to continue to pray and we're going to continue to look for answers."

At least 15,000 people have watched the "Help Theo Menswar" video on YouTube.

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